AEP vs. AGR, AT, NFG, PAM, UTL, BHI, GMP, CTP, ET, and PVR
Should you be buying Anglo-Eastern Plantations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Anglo-Eastern Plantations include Assura (AGR), Ashtead Technology (AT), Next 15 Group (NFG), Premier Asset Management Group (PAM), UIL (UTL), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHI), Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust (GMP), Castleton Technology (CTP), Establishment Investment Trust (ET), and Providence Resources (PVR). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations vs. Its Competitors
Assura (LON:AGR) and Anglo-Eastern Plantations (LON:AEP) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a net margin of 17.74% compared to Assura's net margin of -18.09%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' return on equity of 12.46% beat Assura's return on equity.
Assura pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Assura pays out -286.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 18.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Assura is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Assura had 15 more articles in the media than Anglo-Eastern Plantations. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Assura and 2 mentions for Anglo-Eastern Plantations. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Assura's score of -0.05 indicating that Anglo-Eastern Plantations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
73.7% of Assura shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Assura shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 70.5% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Assura currently has a consensus price target of GBX 51, suggesting a potential upside of 6.16%. Given Assura's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Assura is more favorable than Anglo-Eastern Plantations.
Assura has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations has higher revenue and earnings than Assura. Assura is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anglo-Eastern Plantations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Anglo-Eastern Plantations beats Assura on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AEP) was last updated on 8/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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